They said the same thing many times before with new technologies, including the video camera. There will always be pro photojournalists. They said with the advent of the digital cameras too, but now there are more photojournalists than ever before. There will however always be the pros because they are the ones who cover events with better access and better equipment for the job. Do you think they will allow Joe Smoe to cover an event with a camera phone? I can see it now, a guy covering an NFL game or the Olympics with a camera phone, it just won't happen.
Another thing is that many companies and event sanconers do not allow camera phones, or even cameras without specific credentials.
Additionally even the little newspapers I shoot for now have all the writers set up with wireless so they can email photos and stories directly from the event.....now if they would set me up that way
Even at the Olympics the AP shooters all had wireless setups for their Canon 1D MKII N's which transmitted the photos to the editing room as soon as they took them.
Photojournalism will never die, it will go through many more changes though as technology changes.

JS