Field notes
Notes from reporting seasons
Practical writing on indicator freezes, chart captions for council rooms, and community service analytics — drawn from work across Hong Kong.
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Freeze indicators before you open the chart book
Why public sector reporting packs in Hong Kong fail when definitions stay soft until the last week before committee.
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Captions written for the voice, not the slide
How community service analytics and council briefings improve when captions are drafted as spoken lines.
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When community centres disagree on attendance codes
A field note on reconciling multi-site activity logs before writing an outcome review for funders in Hong Kong.
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Privacy limits that reshape a public pack
How disclosure rules change chart design in public sector reporting without hiding the trend story.
