Alain Louyot (born 1948 in Nancy), is a French senior reporter and war correspondent.^[1]

Alain Louyot has been an economic and foreign policy journalist for 40 years at RMC, RFI, RTL, La Vie française, war correspondent, chief reporter at Le Point from 1972 to the enf of 1985 (Albert Londres Prize in 1985), deputy editor and then editor at L'Express (1986–2005) and editorial director of L'Expansion (until the end of 2009, prize of the best economic magazine of the year). He joined the Elan agency in 2010 as Vice President.

Alain Louyot is also the author of several books and participates in various juries: Institut d'études politiques de Paris, Institut pratique du journalisme [fr], life member of the jury of the Albert London Prize and vice-president of the Albert Londres Association (2010).