After an enriching year in the editorial internship program at the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD), we reflect on the valuable lessons that we learned throughout the year. Engaging in the editorial and medical publishing process, we gained experience in critical appraisal and the role of scholarship in the nephrology community. In this Perspective, each editorial intern highlights five manuscripts published in AJKD between August 2023 and June 2024, offering commentary on specific aspects that, in our perspective, hold particularly high clinical or research significance.