A few years ago, I found myself on a press junket with then-TV3 presenter Sinead Desmond. Where most of us journalists were happy to relax, drink in the local sights at leisure and soak up the local wineries even more enthusiastically, Desmond was a professional powerhouse.
While we nursed hangovers or faffed about on Facebook, Desmond was awake hours before anyone to get a morning run out of the way. She socialised sensibly in the evenings, keeping one eye on the job at hand at all times. She worked harder than anyone on the trip, getting her on-camera takes just right.