A former BBC Scotland boss has blasted the online trolls who made her life a misery with their "bile, hatred and misogyny".
Sarah Smith became one of the most high-profile reporters on Scottish politics in the country when she was appointed editor at the broadcaster's Pacific Quay base in Glasgow in 2014.
But the veteran journalist - who is now head of BBC North America - has described how she was "demonised" by social media trolls who routinely criticised her every appearance on TV or radio.
