The document discusses key elements that are typically included in online news articles. These elements include a byline to credit the author, date and time information to provide context, photos or images to illustrate the story visually, links to locations mentioned in the article, options for social sharing to allow readers to spread the news, a headline to summarize the topic, hyperlinks to related information, short paragraphs and spacing between paragraphs for readability, no column structure due to scrolling limitations online, a comments section for discussion, and embedded videos to provide visual context.