I'd love to see more journalistic photos taken by the phone. Anyway, the article mentioned something interesting though:

"The trick now is a low-profile, fast, connected tool that still allows the user to control image quality. What’s the best photo gear for this new age of real-time, run-and-gun, snap-and-post journalism?"

A smartphone can easily handle those. Image quality wise, probably it won't outclass your new shiny Fuji X or Leica M, but then again the major concern of photojournalism is capturing the "decisive moment" decently, and not about ISO performance or bokeh, for example.