When the 33 Chilean miners emerged from 68 days of subterranean captivity, one man here in California had a professional reason to be glued to CNN.

Nick Woodman, the CEO of GoPro had spotted one of his company’s super-robust cameras (designed to be worn by extreme sports enthusiasts) strapped to the top of the rescue pod, streaming live footage of the miners’ ascent to the world.

So, now that anyone with a $250 camera can broadcast from anywhere on – or beneath – earth, have we crossed the final frontier of citizen journalism? We invited Woodman on to WITN to give us his take.

Video below.