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This article is published in Open Access under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which allows use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, without restrictions, as long as the original work is correctly cited. The range of activities coordinated by the Editors-in-chief in CSP is broad. In addition to assessing all the regular article submissions (more than 2,200 thus far in 2017) and monitoring the journal’s editorial process, we commission articles and debates on contemporary issues that are important to Public Health in Brazil and the world 1. In 2017, we published fifteen articles in the Perspectives and four in the Thematic Section. Such articles foster critical reflection on various topics, ranging from political decisions affecting social rights and the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS) to disease control and health services. At a time of increasing rejection of scientific knowledge, whether related to global warming or the effectiveness of vaccines 2, the involvement of scientific journals in science dissemination, which values its link to current problems and debates in society, is essential 3. As Editors, we also believe in the importance of training graduate students in science writing and publishing. The communication of research results is a central part of scientific work, despite the undesirable consequences of the hegemonic model of evaluation of researchers centered on publishing articles in journals with high impact factors 4. We participated in article writing workshops and other initiatives to train young researchers on article writing and peer review. However, this year we innovated and proposed to hold an editorial internship for PhD students at the Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/Fiocruz). Openings for the internship were announced in June, and we received fourteen applications. Following lengthy interviews and extensive internal discussions amongst us Editors, five students were selected, contemplating three different graduate studies programs. Few initiatives have focused on training graduate students to work in science publishing. Most researchers only acquire this expertise after working as editors-in-chief or executive editors. The process thus relies on learning-by-doing. There are no journals edited by commercial publishers in the Public Health field in Brazil. Rather, journals are maintained either by academic institutions or Abrasco, the Brazilian Association of Public Health. Editors-in-chief are researchers that devote part of their workload to the journal, and are unpaid or receive symbolic compensations. As in other areas, the vast majority of journals in Public Health are struggling to survive because of insufficient funding 5. Staffs are generally downsized, and most tasks in editing manuscripts are outsourced. Training activities at CSP: the rewarding experience with the internship program in science publishing in 2017