Jeremy Ashkenas

Jeremy Ashkenas is a computer programmer known for the creation and co-creation of the CoffeeScript and LiveScript programming languages respectively, the Backbone.js JavaScript framework and the Underscore.js JavaScript library.^[1][2][3] While working in the graphics department at The New York Times, he shared the 2015 Gerald Loeb Award for Images/Graphics/Interactives.^[4] After working at the Times, he was an employee of Observable, Inc. As of 2020, he works at Substack Inc.^[5] Jeremy returned to The New York Times in June 2022 as Director of Graphics for Opinion.^[6][7]

Jeremy Ashkenas
Presenting at JSConf US 2010
Nationality	American
Known for	CoffeeScript, backbone.js, underscore.js, DocumentCloud
Awards	Gerald Loeb Award 2015
Website	www.ashkenas.com