"following the work" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that is done after a particular task. For example: "We will discuss the results of the project at our next meeting, following the work we have done so far."
But, following the work, there is a real interest in the stories behind the tabloid headlines.
Those who have been following the work of Pritzker Prize winners know that these assumptions are far from universally shared.
This was early in my career – I was 32 – and following the work of two psychologists was not a strategy that anyone thought was brilliant.
Within a week, that news became public, setting off some sharp exchanges between Catholics and Jews who had been closely following the work.
As it happens, I've been following the work of the N.B.E.R. committee for rather longer than Dr. Frankel has been sitting on it.
I love following the work of Hayley Mlotek and Jazmine Hughes, who have both fostered such a positive presence at the Hairpin.
In this paper, we study various micro-mechanical strain formulations for three-dimensional granular assemblies, following the work of Bagi in two dimensions (Bagi, 2006).
"The whole nation, the whole world, is following the work of the commission, and this will surely be an historic publication," Ms. Brockett said.
In this paper, the concept of dynamic materials is briefly outlined and exemplified following the work of the author published during the last decade.
The same method was used to measure the interfacial sliding resistance at elevated temperatures, following the work of Jobin et al. on copper–silica interfaces.
The J2 elasto-plasticity is derived in which the consistent (or algorithmic) modulus of each phase is computed following the work of Doghri and Ouaar (2003).
