think piece


noun Journalism.

an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
Also called dope story.
Compare editorial, news story.

Origin of think piece

First recorded in 1940–45

British Dictionary definitions for thinkpiece

thinkpiece
/ (ˈθɪŋkˌpiːs) /

noun

a newspaper or magazine article expressing the writer's thoughts or opinions about a particular matter

Idioms and Phrases with thinkpiece

think piece

An article that presents news analysis, background material, and the author's opinions, as in Her goal was to write think pieces but the editor kept assigning crime stories. [c. 1940]