In the 21st Century, data is the world's most valuable resource - what happens to it after we die?

Simon McCarthy
July 28 2019 - 11:00am
Jack Murphy died of sudden cardiac death in June 2018. His mother, Siobhan Murphy, posts to Jack's social media accounts a year after his death to keep her son's legacy alive.
Jack Murphy died of sudden cardiac death in June 2018. His mother, Siobhan Murphy, posts to Jack's social media accounts a year after his death to keep her son's legacy alive.

ROBERT Mark Boydell joined Facebook in March 2017. He's slender; in his late-teens or early-20s with dark hair, high cheekbones and a rock-and-roll hipster aesthetic.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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