Presumably company aircraft, company employee.
Case closed, nothing to see here.
Poor wording by the media if my comments above are correct.
Same as if you were a PPL and flying a C172 as a traffic spotter for the radio station, NVFR single engine.
I am also aware of a pilot who held an AOC for commercial aerial photography in a RA-Aus registered Skyfox Gazelle.
There are legitimate ways to make these things happen.