 While many local newspapers satisfied themselves with more populist human-interest stories, the "Enquirer" contained a large amount of arts and political coverage, with weekly columns exploring the culture of the region from names including Flic Everett and Anthony H Wilson.News coverage was of an investigative, in-depth style.However, the paper quickly got into difficulties, falling short of a sales target of 15,000 in its first four months and laying off several journalists in August .