diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
index e02da8b99c1..16dca95513d 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
@@ -434,14 +434,14 @@ var/datum/subsystem/ticker/ticker
 
 	mode.declare_completion()//To declare normal completion.
 
-	if(cross_allowed)
-		send_news_report()
-
 	//calls auto_declare_completion_* for all modes
 	for(var/handler in typesof(/datum/game_mode/proc))
 		if (findtext("[handler]","auto_declare_completion_"))
 			call(mode, handler)(force_ending)
 
+	if(cross_allowed)
+		send_news_report()
+
 	//Print a list of antagonists to the server log
 	var/list/total_antagonists = list()
 	//Look into all mobs in world, dead or alive