The Guardian's editor Katharine Viner has written to staff in the aftermath of Donald Trump's "upsetting" US election victory offering free counselling for those unhappy with the outcome. Viner, 53, circulated an email to employees following Trump's November 5 success in which she claimed readers would be turning to the newspaper for "hope".

Editor-in-chief Katherine Viner urged journalists in the UK and Australia offices to contact their colleagues in the US to "offer your support."

The Guardian is offering counselling to staff as it vowed to support its workforce after Donald Trump’s “upsetting” US election victory this week. In an email to staff, The Guardian’s editor Katharine Viner said the election had “exposed alarming fault lines on many fronts” and urged journalists based in the UK to contact colleagues in the US “to