Morning Stack

What the day desk publishes between the 07:30 open and the 18:00 close.

First wave. Opens at 09:00 SGT. Carries verified overnight tips, civic notices and transport changes cleared before the handover.

Mid-morning update. Short corrections and document-backed additions between 09:00 and 11:30 when sources confirm on the record.

Noon file. The main publication window at 12:00 — longer pieces with two sources or a document match.

Picture set. Captions checked on the rail with credits set before 14:00.

Close note. A brief summary at 17:45 listing holds for the next morning.

Holds and labels

A hold is not silence — it is a labelled gap. When a second source has not confirmed, the stack shows the beat, the time logged, and the reason for waiting. Readers along Short Street learn to read holds as honesty rather than absence.

The close note at 17:45 lists every hold carried to the next morning. Nothing disappears overnight; it either clears or returns with a new dateline.