Talan Collins

Talan Collins is the 2025 recipient of the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship, funded by CBS News and presented at the 46th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. He attends the University of Washington, where he covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, political affairs, and public policy for The Daily UW. For inquiries regarding this essay, contact him at [email protected].

The entrance to the CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan, New York City, on June 2, 2026.

We Took CBS’s Money. We Won’t Trade It for Silence. We Took CBS’s Money. We Won’t Trade It for Silence.

Four Mike Wallace Scholarship recipients on the rebellion at CBS News and the future of an American institution.

Jun 5, 2026 / Talan Collins, Santiago Campos, Sebastian Broche, and Chris Gloff

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