think piece

American  

[thingk pees] / ˈθɪŋk ˌpis /

Or thinkpiece

noun

1. Also called dope story.  Journalism. an article, as in a magazine or journal, analyzing and giving the background of a news event or public issue, usually with the author's opinions.

   Our assessments in this think piece are inherently subjective.

2. an artistic work, film, etc., that stimulates thought and discussion.

   a cinematic think piece on the meaning of “heroism.”

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think piece Idioms  

1. 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]

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Etymology

Origin of think piece

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Sometimes they affect ostensibly mundane medical interactions, forcing patients to endure inappropriate pressure or emotional abuse in ways that don't always inspire news items or think pieces.

From Salon

You know, everything was about terrifying the viewer and then finding obscure ways to tie it into a think piece and then put it out there in this supposition language.

From Salon

The world will descend upon the Golden State once again and launch a thousand think pieces about why this most consequential of states keeps blowing itself up.

From Los Angeles Times

There have been countless think pieces, podcasts, webinars, task forces, panels, rallies, concerned statements — dubbed in the aggregate as #StopAsianHate — all trying to tackle how to stop the series of attacks on Asian American people.

From Seattle Times

“Problematic fave” became a well-worn meme; even after I stopped posting, my blog was cited in books, articles, podcasts and think pieces.

From New York Times